Typewriting machine



Sept. 8, 1931. F. BECKER TYPEWRITING MACHINE Filed Nov. 14. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l Mme/7 for:

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Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE v FRED BECKER, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO UNDERWOOD ELLIOTT FISHER COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE TYPEWRITING MACHIN E Application filed November 14, 1927. Serial No. 233,057.

'I his invention relates to papen-handling devices on typewriting machines, and particularly to improvements on paper-tables such as are being used on standard machines for the purpose of feeding superimposed work-sheets from independent sources, said tables being employed concurrently, and the sheets from one table being superimposed at' or near the platen upon the sheetJor sheets from the other table. v

The occasion for such independent feed of work-sheets to the plate'nlarises, for stance, where it is desired to u'se and to retain in the machine a record-sheet on which to acand carbon in place, i. e., securely hugged cumulate the entries made on a successionlof individual bill or statementsheets; To this end, two tables, one in back of the other and downwardly converging towards the platen, are provided at the rear of the platen. A relatively wide and long record-sheet assembled with a carbon from the forward table, and an individual narrower and shorter statement-sheet from the rearmost tablepare p0- sitioned and fed around the platen for writ; in g. After passing the typing line, the sheets may be separately delivered by sultable means. 1

A usual set of pressure feed-rolls may be released in order to remove a written statement, while other means are effective to iiidependently hold the combined record-sheet around the platen, so that another statements sheet may be inserted at the rear, and freely positioned for another entry upon the recordsheet.

With normal construction of the papertables the large ends of the record-sheet will rearwardly overhang the paper-tables, and are liable to interfere with convenient and quick insertion of the small statement sheets, and to cause the record-sheet to be torn or soiled. It furthermore is troublesome to insert properly a plurality of sheets having a length as great as said record-sheet.

To overcome these objections a feature of the invention provides, in conjunction with the conventional paper-guides extending in back and around the lower part of the platen, a second or auxiliary paper-table which carries atthe top a receptacle or tube-member to receive therein a rolled-up record-sheet, which, through a slit-like opening, may be led downwardly upon the table, and, together with the'statement-sheet, or the like, supplied from the rear paper-guide, be fed around the platen, as indicated above. Evidently, this compact arrangement will not only allow convenient and unobstructed insertion of the individual statement-sheets at the rear, and offer full protection to the recordsheet, but, due to the record-roll being easilyfpositioned within the tube relatively to the platen, it will expedite the proper insert1on of its leading edges under the platen.

Another featuretakescare of the delivery "end of the recordsheet by leading the same upwardly and rearwardlythrough a narrow chute from adjacent the typing line tangentially into another tubular-shaped container.

The rotating platen, therefore, will draw the paper from the rearward tube. causing it to unrollp while pushing the leading edge through said chute into the second or frontt-ube and'in-to roll-form again. The statement-sheetf'however, may be caused to separate fromthe record-sheet when the. former is being brought to pass a special deflectorplate or collating table in front of saidc-hute.

In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the rear as well as thefront tubular memberv are endwise combined upon brackets to make them a unit shaped for ready attachment to standard machines Each of said record-holding parts again is preferably bent out of a single piece ofsheet-metat and mounted upon said brackets by screw-andslot connections for proper adjustment rela tively to and for co-operation with the platen.

Other features and advantages will here inafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings,

-Figure 1 is a cross-sectional elevation, showing the novel auxiliary table being attached to the carriage-frame of an Underwood machine and being formed with a tubular record-sheetholder integral with a forwardcollating table for paper-deliverv.

Figure 2 shows, in addition to said auxiltill iary table of Figure 1, a similar tubular sheetmetal structure to receive the delivery end of the record-sheet.

Figure 3 is a top view and guiding elements, from Figure 2.

Figure 4: is a fractional perspective of detached parts, showing therecord-handling elements, and more clearly constructive details.

A carriage-frame of an Underwood typewriter includes side plates 10, which carry journaled therein the shaft 11 of a platen 12, said shaft terminating in usual finger-wheels 13 for platen-rotation. A type-bar 14 in printing position, indicates the front of the platen. The side plates are shown to,be.connected by a usual paper-guide or apron 15 extending back of the platen and around the lower part thereof. For special operation of the machine, such as herein intended, the apron will serve to feed a succession of individual statement-sheets or bills to the platen, which are to be duplicated upon a continuous strip or record-sheet, which may be individually fed to the platen by means of an auxiliary paper-table, 16, which extends in front of said apron 15 and also at the rear of the platen. The auxiliary table is made from sheet-metal, its upper end being curved to form a tubular secti0n'17, which is to receive a rolled-up record-sheet 18, together with an assembled carbon-sheet 19. The circular curve of the tubular section 17 does not close up entirely against the auxiliary table, but leaves a clearance 20 to permit the record-sheet and carbon to be passed downward ly upon the table to join for combined feed around the platen, a statement-sheet 21 coming down from the rearward table, upon which it may be positioned by a usual side gage 21. The pack of sheets is advanced by means of usual feed-rolls 22 co-operating with the rotating platen, and, after leaving the guidance of the apron 15, is passed across the typing line under the control of further guiding means presently to be described. a

The delivery end of the record sheet or sheets is thus guided from the apron across the typing line to enter a narrow chute 23 thereabove, said chute being made of sheetmetal to tangentially join into a record-receiving sheet-metal tube 24 with which it may he integrally built. In the course of operation, the record-sheet is pushed through said chute upwardly into said receiving chute to be loosely rolled up again, while the individual statement-sheet is separated from the recordsheet at the chute-intake when it is forwardly deflected by a deflector-plate or collating table 25, the latter preferably also formed inteof the paper-feeding substantially taken gral with the sheet-metal chute. The above-' mentioned means to guide the paper across the typin line includes a mechanism 26 having movable paper-fingers, as usually found in the Underwood machine and shown effective in Figure 2 of the drawings. A rod 27, longitudinally of the platen-axis and a suit able distance rearwardly upwardly from the platen, is mounted in the side plates 10. Two arms 28 are swingably as well as longitudinally-slidably mounted upon said rod. Each arm has at its forward end a laterally-bentover tab 28 to carry screwed thereon a paperfinger 29. The paper-finger, substantially following the curvature of the platen-circumference, extends forwardly and downwardly to proximity with the forward edge of the apron and slightly overlaps the same. The paper-finger, adjacent its upper part, has turned-up lateral ears 30 to carry journaled therein a guide-roll 31, which, through an opening in the paper-finger, contacts with the laten-surface to aid in properly conducting the paper thereon, and is resiliently held in effective position by a detent pin or member 32 provided in the rear end of said' arm, said detent-member engaging in a groove 33 extending in and along the lower side of said rod 27. The tab 28 of said arm 28 may be formed with a curved part 34, to serve as a finger-piece for upward, swinging movement of the paper-fingers, that is, for movement to ineffective position (not indicated), thereby urging the detent-pin out of said groove, The paper-fingers are laterally slidable upon said rod and set for marginal enagement of the relatively-wide record-sheet. t the center part of the platen is frhctionally indicated an arm 35, also known from the Underwood machine as being resiliently mounted upon the carriage-frame, and at its free end carrying a roller 36 to engage the platen for paper-guidance slightly above the typing line. This roller-carrying arm, which, in general, is also swingable away from the platen, serves, in the present operation of the machine, to locate the narrower statement-sheet, which is not gripped by the paperfingers on its way beyond the typing line.

Following more closely the path of the work-sheets, it will be noted that the rolledup record-sheet is located within the tube by a side gage 37 which, by screw-and-slot connection 38, 1S adjustably mounted thereon.

The ends of the tubes are beveled, so that the ends of the record-sheet may partly project out of the tube-ends to allow the operator to watch the rolling and un'rolling of the sheets and to conveniently handle the same. The lower end of the auxiliary table is formed with a lip '39 extending into close proximity with the rear of the platen and effective to exert a permanent drag upon the record-sheet as the same is advanced upon the rotating platen, and to support the record-sheet out of the path of the sheet on the rcarmost table. This lip 39 at the rear, in conjunction with the paper-fingers in front of the platen, serves to keep the record-sheet closely hugged enemas around a large part of the platen-circumference. Therefore, when the lower feedrolls' are released, the record-sheet will not shift upon the platen nor interfere with a statement-sheet when'the same is loosely inserted and aligned after a written statement is removed. It will also beunderstood that, with proper construction of the tubes, the record-sheet, except for acertain amount of friction which may be kept within proper limits, is not subjected to any'injurious strain when moving through the machine, this being due to the absence of moving masses, as spools, or the like, connected to the paper.

Essential for proper operation of'the novel record-holding device is its adjustable mounting upon the platen-carriage. From Figure 3 it will be seen that both tube-members have longitudinal extension-strapsl w and 41 respectively) at either end, by means of which theyare end wise combined and mounted upon brackets 41 of sheet-metal, both tube-members thus becoming a unit, which may be readily attached and adjusted to standard machines, as will be presently seen. Each bracket includes a body-strap 42, which is flatly mounted on a horizontal flange 43 at the top of the side plate 10; Eachstrap has a; screws passing slot 44 at either end, and 't-herethrough and threadinginto said flange of theside plate, so as to be adjustable transversely to the platen-axis. Each strap, furthermore, is integrallyformed *with a depending arm 45 and a rising arm,46, to support the rear and front tube-members respectively. The depending arm has a flange 47, which offers a forwardly and downwardly,

inclined surface, upon which to support the rear tube-member or auxiliary paper-table 16 by a double slot-and-screw connection 48, which allows adjustment ofsaid paper-table upwardly or downwardly on the slope, in such a manner as to control the clearance between the lip 39 and theplaten-,

surface, according to varying thicknesses of the record sheet or sheets. The front tubemember or chute 18 supported in a similar way, that is, by a single slotand-screw con nection 49 upon said rising member 46.

Figure l, as a modification, shows the principle of the novel device by only providing one paper-holding tube 50 upon the auxiliary paper-table, said tube being integrally formed with a plate 51 to serve as a collating table or shelf for the delivery end of the sheets. a

It will be noted that the two web-containers are an assembled unit to be secured to the carriage-ends as a unit of mechanism; that the supply-roll container 17 is open at both ends, has a web-protecting wall at the rear thereof, and one or both front corners of the eontainer are cut off or beveled forwardly to expose the edges of the web and disclose at a glance the amount of web remaining in the auxiliary said tally-strip in 1 -while the feed-rols are released gtoI allow an original work-sheetto be loosely posisupply container; that "the web-receiving container is similarly beveled ofi at one or both corners to afford a finger-hold for gripping the rolled-up typed web and its carbon, for withdrawing the typed web from its container; that the supply-roll may be inserted through one open end of the container 17 and thrust therethrough against the web-locating stop 37 at the opposite end of the container by the pressure of the finger against the ex-' posed edge of the roll; that the narrow chute 23 extends, without interruption between the face of the platen and the container 24; that the chute'23 is open at both ends; that the two parallel avails of the chute prevent buckling of the platen-fed web between the platen and the container, which renders'the .web self-winding within the container; that Having thus described my invention; I

claim:

fl. In a typewriting-machine, the combination with a revoluble platen and releasable veed-rolls for feeding around the platen a continuous tally-strip or record-sheet and a -SUCC6SS.1OI1- of sheets to be copied upon said' strip, of

individual original worka tl'lbularhousing above and at the rear of the platen and in rigid relation to the platenaxis, said housing to receive the loosely rolled-up tally-strip to supply the same to the platen, 'iheans to conduct the tally-strip down to the platen, a table back of said tallystrip to independently supply said "original work-sheets down to the platen to join-the .tally strip for combined travel upon the platen, and means to independently hold osition upon the platen tioned upon said'tallystrip.

2. In a typewriting machine, the combination with va revoluble platen and releasable feed-rolls for feeding around the platen a continuous tally-strip or record-sheet and a succession of individual original Worksheets to be copied upon said strip, of a tubemeuiber above and at the rear of the platen and mounted upon the platen-frame to receive the loosely rolled-up tally-strip to supply the same tothe platen, means to conduct the tally-strip down to the platen, a table its back of said tally-strip and encircling the lower part of the platen to independently supply said original work-sheets down to the platen to join the tally-strip for combined travel upon said platen, means to conduct and hold the tally-strip upon the platen beyond the typing line, and an adjustable lip at the rear of the platen, said lip effective to keep the tally-strip out of the path of the individual work-sheet and to hold said tallystrip hugged around the platen, while the feed-rolls are released to allow an original work-sheet to be loosely positioned upon said tally-strip,

3. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen revolubly mounted in a platenfraine, releasable feed-rolls for feeding around the platen a continuous tally-strip or record-sheet and a succession ofindividual original work-sheets to be copied upon said tally-strip, a tubular housing which'is located above and at the rear of the platen, and fastened upon said platen-frame and longitudinally of the platen-axis, to receive the loosely rolled-up tally-strip to supply the same to the platen, means to conduct said stripdoivn to the platen, a table back of said tally-strip to independently supply the original work-sheet to the platen to join the tallystrip, means to conduct the combined sheets around the platen and'beyond the typing line, means to separate an original worksheet from the tally-strip after passing the typing line, another tubular housing also fast upon said platen-frame to receive the delivery end of the tally-strip to recoil the same, and means to conduct the tally-strip from adjacent the typing line and in flat condition into said last-mentioned housing, said rotating platen in conjunction with said tubularrliousing and conducting means effective to unroll the supply end of the strip and to recoil the delivery end thereof.

l. In a typewriting machine, in combination, a platen revolubly mounted in a platenframc, releasable feed-rolls for feeding aroundithe platen a continuous tally-strip or record-sheet and a succession of individual original work-sheets to becopied upon said tally;strip, a tubular housing which is located above and at the rear of the platenJand fastened upon said platen-frame and longitudinally of the platen-axis, to receive the loosely rolled-up tally-strip to supply the same to the platen, means to conduct said strip down to the platen, a table back of said tally-strip to independently supply the original work-sheet to the platen to join the tally-strip, means to conduct the combined sheets around the platen and beyond the typing line, means to separate an original work-sheet from the'tally-strip after passing the typing line, another tubular housing also fast upon said platen-frame to receive the delivery end of the tally-strip to recoil the same, means to conduct the tally-strip from adjacent the typing line and in fiat conditioninto said last-mentioned housing, and means to independently hold'said tally-strip the paper upon in position upon the platen to allow a follow-, ing original work-sheet to be loosely inserted and aligned thereon.

5. In a typewritingmachine, the combination with-a platen revolubly mounted in a platen-frame, and releasable feed-rolls to feed around the platen a continuous strip or record-sheet assembled with a carbon, and a succession of individual original work-sheets to be copied upon said strip, of two papertablcs, one spaced forward of the other at the rear of the platen and mounted upon the platen-frame for separately conducting said strip and an individual work-sheet, respectively, to the platen, a tube-member provided at the top of the forward table to receive a loosely-coiled roll of said strip to supply the same down to the platen, means to conduct the sheets around the platen and upwardly beyond the typing line, another tube-mem'- ber longitudinally of the platen-axis and also fast to theplaten-frame, to receive the delivery end of the tally-strip to recoil the same, a narrow chute conducting the strip in flat condition from adjacent the typing line tangentially into said last-mentioned tubemember, a deflector-plate to separate the original sheet from the strip before the strip enters the chute, and means to independently hold said strip in position upon the platen 'to allow a following original work-sheet to be loosely inserted and aligned thereon.

6. Ina typewritihg machine, the combination with a revoluble platen mounted upon a platen-carriage, and releasable feed-rolls for feeding around the platen a relativelywide tally-strip and a succession of narrower original work-sheets to be copied upon said strip, of a paper-table fast to the platencarriage and extending back of the platen and encircling the lower part thereof to conduct said original work-sheets to the platen, a second table in front thereof and converging towards the first-mentioned table and the platen-surface, said second table having a tube at the top to receive a loosely-wound supply-roll of said tally-strip, a lip at the lower end of said second table effective to keep the downwardly-running tally-strip out of the path of the rearward original sheet until they join each other adjacent the platensurface, said second paper-table as a whole adjustable so as to vary the clearance between said lip and the platen-surface, re-

leasable guiding means normally engaging the exposed margins of the tally-strip to guide the same across the typing line upon the platen, said adjustable lip at the rear and said releasable guiding means at the front of the platen effective to hold the tally-strip closely around the platen while the feed'rolls are released for positioning an original sheet, releasable means to hold the center part of the platen beyond the typing line, another tube also fast to the platencarriage to receive the delivery end of the tally-strip, and means to tangentially guide into said last-mentioned tube said tally-strip for recoiling the same.

In a typewriting machine, the combination with a revoluble platen journaled in a platen-frame, and releasable feed-rolls to feed around the platen a tally-strip and'a succession of narrower original work-sheets to be copied upon said strip, of a usual papertable to handle said original sheets, an attachment to facilitate handling of said tallystrip, said attachment including a slitted tube-member located above and at the rear of the platen and having a downward extension to supply the strip to the platen and out of the way of the original sheet supplied from said paper-table, another tube-member supported upon said platen-ffame to receive the delivery end of the tally-strip to recoil the same, a narrow chute tangentially joining said tube-member and depending therefrom to the platen to guide therein the delivery end of said tally-strip, a deflector-plate at the chute-intake and fast thereto, to separate the original sheet from the tally-strip, and a bracket upon either side of the platen-frame to be adj ustably mounted thereon, said brackets carrying adjustable thereon said tubemembers, so as to make them a unit which is capable of proper co-operation with the platen, means to properly conduct the sheets around the platen and across the typing line,

and means to independently hold the tallystrip in position upon the platenwhen thev feed-rolls are released for original sheet. 7

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a platen-frame and a revoluble platen around which a work-sheet may be fed positioning an from the rear, of a container on said frame above said work-sheet for receiving a rolledup record-sheet and overlying carbon-sheet longer than said work-sheet, said container having an openingthrough which said recordsheet and carbon-sheet may be conducted to the delivery side of said platen to underlie said work-sheet, a cylindrical, laterally disposed receptacle on saidframe above said platen for receiving said record-sheet as'it is typed, to prevent it interfering with the feeding of additional work-sheets to said platen while said record-sheet remains in the machine, and means for thrusting said recordsheet and said carbon-sheet together into said container and rerolling the sheets therein, said means including, in combination, two aligned feed-rolls engaging said record-sheet against said platen above the printing line, achute for said record-sheet, the lower mouth of the chute being tangentially disposed relatively to said platen slightly to the rear of said feed-rolls, saidchute having a smooth bottom and a smooth top member spaced apart a distance'slightly exceeding the com,

bined thickness of saidsheet and carbonsheet, the upper mouth of said chute being tangentially-disposed relatively to the inner periphery of said cylindrical container.

9. A paper-web container mounted upon the platen-carriage of a typewriting machine and including a pair of tubular housings mounted one forwardly of the other over the platen, one tube thereof being adapted to enclose arolled-up web of paper to be fed around the platen, and the other tube-being adapted to receive the same web to be rolled up therein by the sheet-advancing action of the platen, the planes of the ends of the tubes being inclined to the axes thereof and converging forwardly, to expose the side edges of the web rolled up in one housing and to afford a finger-hold upon the rolled-up web in the other housin ERED BECKER, 

